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Lorne Greene

Born in Canada in 1915, Lorne Green had a distinguished career in radio broadcasting and narration before taking up acting. He is probably best known for his role of Ben Cartwright in the long running series Bonanza. For Irwin Allen fans, he took the helm of the series Code Red. Lorne passed away on 11 September 1987.

FILM

Age of Turmoil (as Narrator)

1953

Farewell Oak Street (as Narrator)

1953

Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence (as Narrator)

1953

Othello (TVM, as Othello)

1953

The Silver Chalice (as Saint Peter)

1954

Tight Spot (as Benjamin Costain)

1955

Autumn Leaves (as Mr. Hanson)

1956

The Hard Man (as Rice Martin)

1957

Peyton Place (as Prosecutor)

1957

The Buccaneer (as Mercier)

1958

The Last of the Fast Guns (as Michael O'Reilly)

1958

The Gift of Love (as Grant Allan)

1958

The Trap (as Davis)

1959

Funnyland (TVM, as Himself)

1965

Waco (as Singer in opening credits)

1966

Talking Pictures (TVM, as Himself)

1968

People Who Care (as Narrator)

1969

Destiny of a Spy (TVM, as Peter Vanin)

1969

Swing Out, Sweet Land (TVM, as George Washington)

1970

Movin' (TVM, as Himself)

1970

The Harness (TVM, as Peter Randall)

1971

The Special London Bridge Special - Fiddler on the Roof

1972

Tidal Wave (as Ambassador Warren Richards)

1973

Sandy in Disneyland (TVM, as Himself)

1974

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (TVM)

1974

Earthquake (as Sam Royce)

1974

Nevada Smith (TVM, as Jonas Cord)

1975

Man on the Outside (TVM, as Wade Griffin)

1975

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (TVM, as Matthew Arnold Watson)

1977

That's Country (as Narrator)

1977

Flight of the Maiden (TVM, as Marshall Cole)

1977

The Little Brown Burro (TVM, as Storyteller (voice)

1978

The Bastard (TVM, as Bishop Francis)

1978

Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll

1980

Klondike Fever (as Sam Steele)

1980

A Time for Miracles (TVM, as Bishop John Carroll)

1980

Code Red (TVM, as Captain Joe Rorchek)

1981

A Gift of Music: The 200th Anniversary of Los Angeles (TVM, as Host)

1981

Heidi's Song (as voice of Grandfather)

1982

The Wizard of Oz (as voice of The Wizard)

1982

The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice (TVM, as Narrator)

1983

The Canadian Conspiracy (TVM, as Himself)

1985

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (as Theo Marshall)

1986

Noah's Ark (Short, as voice of Noah)

1986

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (TVM, as Gen. Sam Houston)

1987

TELEVISION SERIES

Newsmagazine (Documentary, as Narrator)

1952

Sailor of Fortune (as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell)

1955-56

Bonanza (as Ben Cartwright)

1959-73

The World of Animals (Documentary, several episodes as Narrator)

1968

To the Wild Country (Documentary, as Host)

1972

Griff (as Wade Griffin)

1973

Last of the Wild (Documentary, as Host)

1974

Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (mini-series, as George Quartermain)